Jury will consider lesser charge in NYC subway chokehold case, judge dismisses manslaughter charge ...Middle East

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NEW YORK (AP) — The judge overseeing the trial of a man accused of using a deadly chokehold on an unruly New York subway passenger dismissed the top charge in the case on Friday at prosecutors’ request, allowing jurors to consider a lesser count after they deadlocked on whether Daniel Penny was guilty of manslaughter. Judge Maxwell Wiley’s decision will let jurors deliberate a charge of criminally negligent homicide, which carries a lighter punishment. “Whether that makes any difference or not, I have no idea. But I’m going to direct you to focus your deliberations on count two,” he said, before directing them to “go home and think about something else.” The judge’s decision came hours after

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